Fraudster freed after conning man of 35,000 Euro

A convicted fraudster has avoided a jail term for conning over 35,000 Euro from an intellectually disabled man by forging a number of official documents.

Anne Gillen, aged 56, of Bentley Villas, Dún Laoghaire, pleaded guilty to a number of sample charges of fraud and deception, including using a bogus general power-of-attorney form, and a false bank mandate to induce staff at Permanent TSB in Dún Laoghaire and Blackrock to give her cash.

Judge Mary Ellen Ring imposed a five-year sentence at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court but suspended it fully on a number of conditions, including that Gillen attends addiction services.